Drainage system for track-scales.



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DRAINAGE SYSTEM FUR TRACK SCALES.

APPLICATION FILED SUNE i5, H31?- n I,

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AXEL S. VOGT, OF ALTGONA, FENNSYL'VANLIA.

DRAINAGE SYSTEM FDR TRAQIQESGALES.

Specification 033 Let rs latent.

Patented Feb, 26, 1918.

Application filed June 15, 1917. Serial 33o. il'fyt i.

To all "whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, AXEL S. Voo'r, a sub jcct of the King of Sweden, residing at Al toona, in the county of Blair and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Drainage Systems for Track-Scales, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to track scales, and more particularly has special reference to novel means for preventing water and foreign matter from reaching the scale mecha-- nism.

According to the present practice, the scale vault or pit which houses the scale media nism is provided with a deck or cover that is rigid and stationary, while the rail sup ports of the scale mechanism projectthrough suitable slots or cpeningstherein to receive the rails of the scale track-sections. In some types of track scales, Where a slot is em ployed in the scale deck to permit of the projection of the track supports, a rain shield or guard may be conveniently utilized. to prevent ,water and foreign matter from entering the pit, but in other types where the track supports merely project ti rough suitable isolated clearance openings, it is not practical nor desirable to employ the same character of means for keeping out water and foreign matter.

Accordingly, the present invention has for its iriznary object the provision of novel trac supporting means and a system or arrangement of spouts and gutters which cooperate therewith to effectively carry offwater that would other ise follow the some down onto the scale mechanism, and thus materially decrease its accuracy and impair its efficiency.

A further object of the invention is to provide a simple and practical construction which may be readily installed and conveniently carried by the scale deck in such a manner that it may be" readily inspected. or repaired when necessary.

With the above and other objects in view which will more readily appear as the nature of the invention is better understood, the same consists in the novel construction, combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter more fully described, illustrated and claimed.

A preferred and practical emhodiment of the invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in. which- Figure 1 is top plan view of a scale deck, showing the relative location of the scale support openings and the general arrangement of the present drainage system with reference thereto.

F 2 is a vertical cross sectional view of the construction shown in Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a vertical longitudinal sectional view, showing the track supports in eleva tion and the deck rap elei'ne of the drain system in connection therewith.

iis an enlarged detail sectional view showing the construction of the scale sup port and the means associated with the deck opening to prevent water from entering the pit.

Fig. 5 is a plan view showing the arrangement of spouts and gutters for conveying Water from the deck traps to the Waste pipe in full lines, and the scale deck in dotted lines.

Fig. 6 is a side elevation of the construction shown 5.

7 a plan view similar to Fig. 5 showing a modification of the invention.

8 is a side elevation of the construction shown in Fig. "Z.

Fig. 9 l. elevaticn oi the construe tion shown in Figs. '5' and 8.

Similar reference characters designate ccrrespondin parts throughout the several figures of the drawings:

The present invention is especially adapted for use in connection. with a i I tale deck having a plurality of separate spaced openhorizontal load supporting beams 4, which are suitably spaced with reference to the remforcmg beams 5 of the deck, so as toperniit of the proper operation of the scale.

parts under load. These beams 4.- have mounted thereon the track supports designated generally as 6 and which, as will be observed from Fig. 4 preferably include a flared attaching base 7 and an enlarged track or rail fastening head portion 8, while the body portion thereof tapers upwardly as showmand is provided at its intermediate point with an inverted bell or umbrellashaped water-shed flange 9. These supports project through the openings 3 in the scale deck to support the rails of the scale tracksection, and must necessarily have a. suf-' ficient degree of movement to permit of the scale mechanism operating under the weight of loaded cars on .the scale track-section. Accordingly, to provide for this movement of the track supports, and at the same time arrest water and foreign matter which would enter the vault or pit through the openings 3, the deck adjacent the latter isfitted with a trap or catch basin element designated generally as 10. I

This deck trap element 10 essentially com-' prises an exterior support-opening shield or guard member preferably in the form of a ring 11 which may be made in sections whereby the same may be readily fitted around the hank or body portion of the track support, and then secured together as indicated at 12 in Fig. 2, and an interior channel or basin member 13 which is likewise made in sections and secured together to make a water tight joint as indicated at 13 The said supporting ring 11 is provided with a central opening'le which lies directly beneath the enlarged head portion 8 of the rail or track support 6 and is thus protected thereby, and the inner wall of this? member adjacent the openingis formed with a depending bead or drip flange 15 which overhangs the outer or upper gtace'of the innbrella shaped water shed flange 9 of the track support, as clearly shown in Fig. 4, whereby water passing in through the opening 1e and dropping off the 'bead 15 will fall onto the back of the said fizinge 9. The said interior catch basin member 18 of the deck trap 10 is provided with a securing flange "'16 which may be bolted to the underside of the scale deck- 1 by means of the bolts 17 that pass through the rim of the exterior cover member 11, and also includes an annular receiving channel 18, one wall 19 of which projects upwardly into the interior of the bell or umbrella shaped water shed flange 9, whereb all water shed from the latter will be eiYZct-ively dir cted in the receiving channel 18.

This receiving channel 18 of the deck trap structure is provided atone side with an outlet spout 20, which may dischargedirectly into a suitable gutter section in some forms of the invention, or where the structure of the scale mechanism will not permit, 10 it may discharge into a relatively short 0 veyer-spout section. which'is connected with the l gutter. That is to say, as will bef bserved from Fig. 5 certain of the spouts 20 of the track supports empty directl into the main angular gutter sections 21, w ilc other of the sp0uts'20 discharge into the relatively short conveyer sections 22 which lead to the sections 21. The said latter sections are referably carried by suitable hanger 30 brac ets 23 which are suspended from the, lower edges of the beams 5 which reinforce the pit cover 1, as clearly shown in Figs. 2, 5, and (5, and the sections 22 are preferably pivoted to the discharge ends of the spouts 20 as indicated at 22. r At suitable locations there is also provided the receiving troughs 24 which take the water from the main gutter sections 21 and carry it to the enlarged receiving chamber! 25 of the waste pipe 26. Accordingly, it will be apparent from the constructions shown in'liigs. 5 and 6, that water will be readily arrested in the deck trap structure 10 and-thence conveyed to the waste; pipe 26 through a suitable arrangement of gutters and troughs, without making its way to the" scale mechanism.

It will, ofcourse, be'understood that vari ous arrangements of gutters, spouts an(l -1(m troughs may be employed to'carry the water from the catch basins to the waste pipe,;according to the particular construction of the scale pit deck, and scale mechanism, and other conditions of use. Accordingly, Figs. 7, 8, and 9 of the drawings show a modified form of mean for conveying the water from the catch basin elements of the deck traps to the waste pipe. In thesefi ures the spouts 20 of the said deck traps disc urge into suitable pipes 27' ivotally carried as indicated at 2? .;y the en 5 of said spouts, and emptying into a common discharge nough 28 carried by suitable brackets 29 securely fastened to the beams 5 of the scale deck. As shown s15 in the figures of the drawings above referred to, this discharge trough 28 is provided with an angularly disposed downwardly directed delivery extension 30 which empties into the receiving hopper 31 of a waste pipe connection 32. n

From the fioregoing, it is thought that it will be clearly apparent that the present invention provides novel effective means for trapping water which enters the scale support openings and carrying the same to waste, and/without further detailed description it is thought that the features and advantages of the invention will be readily apparent. 1150 a plurality of spaced openings, rail supports by one of the pit walls and receiving from carried by the scale mechanism and projectsaid gutter means. 1o ing through said openings, a trap carried by In testimony whereof I aflix my signature the cover at each opening and having a in presence of two Witnesses.

spout, brackets carried by the underside of AXEL S. VOGT. the cover, gutter means carried by the brack- \Vitnesses: ets and receiving from said spout {of the W. R. Fons'rm,

trap; and a Waste pipe connection supported JAMES T. HANLON. 

